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سَقَفَ

Root: سقف

Form: 1

Full Definition

سَقَفَI , Present.T ـُ or ـَ Verbal.Noun سَقْفٌ, He made a سَقْف [i. e. ceiling, or roof,] to the house or chamber or tent; [he ceiled it, or roofed it;] as also ; and سقّفهُ , Verbal.Noun تَسْقِيفٌ; or this last has an intensive signification.

def.2 سَقِفَ, [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun سَقَفٌ, He was, or became, tall, and bent, or bowed; said of a man, and of an ostrich, &c.

def.3 See also 5.
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